In 1849, Jacob Dunham and Catherine Goodnight Dunham, originally from Virginia and Pennsylvania, purchased this land, formerly part of the Miami Indian Reserve, through a U. S. Land Grant. Their grandson, William Riley Dunham, was an Indiana Legislator who built the house, circa 1880's The Dunham family was committed to serving the public in politics, medicine, education, and agriculture. Other families that married into Dunham family were by the name Goodnight, Kearney, and Stroup.
This . . . — Map (db m37787) HM

In October 1818, Purchasing Commissioners Lewis Cass, Benjamin Parke and Governor Jonathan Jennings acquired Indian claims on the land shown on this marker. About one-third of modern Indiana was involved in this transaction. — Map (db m1515) HM

( Engraved - Stone Memorial )
In memory of those who served in the
Wars of our Nation from Tipton County
( Bronze Plaque )
" THE VETERAN "
- - It is the veteran, not the preacher, who has given us
freedom of religion - -
- - It is the veteran, not the reporter, who has given us
freedom of the press - -
- - It is the veteran, not the poet, who has given us
freedom of speech - -
- - It is the veteran, not the campus . . . — Map (db m37796) WM

Romanesque Classical Revival Style building designed by Adolf Scherrer, architect of the 1888 Indiana State Capitol. It is Tipton County's third courthouse and was completed, 1894; placed in National Register of Historic Places, 1984; Restored 1988 - 1991. — Map (db m37858) HM